Clothes line and fastening device.



C. A. OLSEN (Q L. C. MAPES.

CLOTHES LINE AND FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 25. 19! I.

Patented June 4, 1918.

Louis (1M2, almrzeA STATES PATENT oTTTo CHARLES A. OLSEN AND LEWIS C.MAPES, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CLOTHES LINE AND FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4:, 1918.

Application filed September 25, 1917. Serial No. 193,164.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that CHARLES A. OLSEN and LEWIS C. MAPES, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Sioux Falls, in the county of Minnehaha andState of South Dakota, have invented certain newand useful Improvementsin Clothes Lines and Fastening Devices; and they do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper tains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes linesand fastening pins secured thereto, and consists of a simple andefficient device of this nature, so 'arranged that the clothes clampingmeans may be held upon the line at intervals to one another. v

The invention is a simple and efficient device of this nature havingvarious details of construction, ments of parts which will behereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and thenspecifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification and in which:

Figure 1 is an'elevation of our invention showing one of the clothesholding devices broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the springs holding the jaws together,and Fi 4 is a vertical sectional view through the c amping aws. 7Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A designates a clothes line wire having combinations and arrangeintegralcollars B thereon at intervals, spaced apart. Clamping members, made upof two portions, designated by letters D and E have longitudinalchannels F formed in the inner faces thereof to receive the collars Bupon said line. The jaw D has'a shoulder I upon one face and the otherjaw is adapted to engage said shoulder, so that the outer face of thejaw E will be flush with the end H. A resilient wire, designated byletter K has its ends bent at angles and adapted to engage thetransverse grooves 0 formed in the jaw D while the portions of the wireintermediate the angled ends are bent to form the coils N, the portion Nintermediate the coils passing between the jaws as shown.

Each of said coils pass about the line wire as shown in the drawings.

By the provision of a clothes line and means for fastening clothesthereon, made in accordance with our invention, it will be noted thatthe jaws will be securely held spaced apart and being loosely mountedmay be turned freely about the wire.

What we claim to be new is:

1. A combination clothes line and clothes fastening device comprising aline with collars arranged thereon at intervals, clothes pins comprisingclamping jaws mounted upon said wire said pins being held spaced apartby said collars.

2. In combination with a clothes line having integral collars thereon,clamping jaws pivotally mounted upon said line and the jaws having upontheir inner faces longitudinal recesses to receive said collars to holdthe pins spaced apart.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures in presence oftwowitnesses.

CHARLES A. OLSEN. LEWIS C. MAPES.

Witnesses:

HAROLD G. LEDYARD, Lotus F. Smss.

